Man accused of stealing girl's bike hours after being released from jail

Man who'd just been released from jail is stopped while riding a small pink bicycle, police say.

May 12, 2011|By Veronica Rocha, veronica.rocha@latimes.com

Michael Toplin (Courtesy of the Glendale Police Department)

SOUTH GLENDALE — A 31-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after police spotted him wearing a black inmate jumpsuit and riding a 10-year-old girl’s stolen pink bicycle — just hours after he was released from a Los Angeles County jail.

Michael Toplin, who was on parole for receiving stolen property, had been released from jail earlier that day, but allegedly wasted little time in taking advantage of an opportunity crime, according to Glendale police reports.